Well. This is how it is. We pay or else...
Unfortunately our dear leaders have a tendency to suck all money from our pockets and POUR it out somewhere else or to other 'old cronies'. So far we've let them do it, hardly any sizable opposition I can remember.
Now for merrier things:
I am now too a proud owner of a wire-wrapping tool 
The green AWG 30 had been sitting unused in one of my storage containers for months. I couldn't use it at all, as the teflon insulation is close to impossible to remove with 'conventional' tools. The included wire stripper is soooo nice.